114 e Lancaster InttUigencer •*.IDDDIOZ, MIDITOR. A. OANDNIRSON. Assimist4. LANOAI3TBS, PA., MAY 10, 1864 N.Parommth Ooh Orratoome Amor, iT Put low, 11w York MI. and Md. streA sosice• I. K. PINTINONS. t 00._22L• 1 1 01 for lowswite .coll Or and hiMo sad lazy* drool& llidted Sotto months amosm— era ars to asatrafit age's at'oar loom raga Mr Mint I Anne, No. NS leosihroy, - 11rrw York, sto =dodad to roman atrarthisussats tor the ~W• /mar, at ow lowed rata. 4111. Jos Wooorrat Axmanotara Awn is loostai. Ka. SO North Ith at m; Philadolphia. Ns is authodzol at to toa d stroadtorti m ssounda and rabautptions 10t Tho Zasacarkr d.t laesr Hama,No. 1. Boollay's Building, Mort St., Boston, k Agentbr salving adyortlsanyots, to. 0 "CT R, FLACK_ And the guard of its spotless fame shall be Colombia's chosen band. " CLINNTO THE CONSTITUTION, AS THE SHIPWRECKED MARINER CLINGS ro THE LAST PLANK, WHEN NIGHT AND THE TEMPEST CLOSE AROUND BlM."—DiefllL WIEST= Notice. THE LANCASTER INTELIIGENCER Will pass into the hands of a new firm on the first day of July next. The new firm will be COOPER, SAN DERSON & Co. The paper after that time will be issued as the Daily and Weekly Intelligencer. The different committees in the townships having the interests of the enterprise in charge are requested to make report as speedily as possible to H. B. SWARR, Esq., so that the final ar rangements can be consummated. A Terrible Contest, We have nothing very reliable as yet from the terrific conflict which has been going on since Wednesday last between the armies of Lieuten ant General GRANT and General LEE, in Virginia. That it is a bloody series of battles, unequalled in the history of the war, is beyond question, and the public mind is deeply agitated in cpnsequence of the indefiniteness of the reports from the scene of strife. In the absence of any official information we give a synopsis of the reports in another column, from which we infer that, so far, the Federal army is victorious, and that the Confeder ates have been worsted and driven back towards Richmond. We must wait a few days for the official ac counts. Mr. Voorhees' Speech. We publish on our first page the great speech of Hon. D. W. VOOR HEES, of Indiana, delivered in Con gress in opposition to the resolution of expulsion of Mr. LONG, offered by the Speaker of the House. The speech of Mr. V. is one of the boldest and most eloquent uttered upon the floor of Congress during the present session, and is, of itself, sufficient to place him in the front rank of the statesmen and orators of the present day. Mr. V. is yet a young man, and, if, he lives, is des tined at no distant day to occupy the same position before the Ameri can people that was awarded to HENRY CLAY, in the zenith of his fame, that of being the greatest of living orators. We bespeak for the speech a careful and unprejudiced perusal, being firmly of the belief that nothing we could have published will give them more satisfaction. New York Against Lincoln. An address to the Republican National Committee, urging the postponement of the Republican Con vention, has been issued by the lead ing Republican politicians of New York. It is signed by sixteen State Senators and a number of other lead ing men, and it is said that nearly the whole of the members of the Legislature approve of it. Indeed, resolutionOntroduced in that body approving of Lincoln's administra tion and favoring his re-election, have been suppressed, through fear that they would be voted down.— The movement to postpone the COn vention is one in hostility to Lin coln. These facts show plainly that New York is against him, and it re mains to be seen whether the Shod dyites will dare to nominate him in the face of this great fact. The Working Classes. The wrongs of the working classes are closely hidden under a veil of spurious prosperity. Because working men receive generally a little higher wages than formerly, it is said they are prosperous and hap py. But this is not so. Look at it in its true light. Under the reign of Shoddy, a man may receive fifty per cent., perhaps double, for his week's work, compared with his wages before the war. But is he a gainer ? Let him answer : " I now pay three times more than former. ly for nearly every article of clothing for my family, and double, or more, for coffee, tea, sugar, and all the other necessaries of life.— I find it growing every :day more difficult to make my income square off my outgoes, to say nothing of the impossibility of laying up, anything against a rainy day." Such is that Abolition and Shoddy " prosperity " which is rung in the ears of our workingmen when their votes are Wanted to help shoddyites to fat contracts and demagogues to fat offices. The seeming prosperity is hollow ; it is a lie upon its face. It raises the wages of labor for a time, and at the same time increases, to a much greater extent, the price of every article the laborer must buy for himself and family. In the mean time Shoddy gets well paid for its investments ; Abolition parasites get rich offices and plenty of public plunder, arid are merry and jubilant over the ruin of their country and the poverty and misery that have come and are coming upon its toil ing millions. LlOlllll/1311 OY THY TARIYP. Congress after five months of legislating in regard to negroes and slavery, was, on Friday week, compelled, by the necessities of the Treasury, to devote five minutes to legitimate legislation. They ;passed an sot increas ing the present tariff fifty per °eat., the law to continue for sixty days. Five months of the people's time squandered in utopian schemes of emancipation and negro equality, and only five minutes devoted to the actual necessities of the country. Had Con gress, five months ago, commenced a revision of our tariff laws, we could, months ago, base had a well matured and disoriminating scale of duties. Having squandered their time in senseless debate about Abolitionism, we have the silly bill alluded to, which will add to, in stead of relieving the people's burden. The New York World thus exposes this spasmodic effort at legislation : It has been evident, ever since Congress met and the report of the Secretary of the Treasury was transmitted, that the session could not close without a very material in crease of the tariff. The consequence was what might have been expected. Orders were sent abroad in anticipation of high duties, and goods have been pouring into the country all winter. Th i tide of importations reached its flood in March. Orders for goods in excess of the immediate demand, with a view to take advantage of the existing tariff, would not -naturally be sent out so late as to bring the goods into port after the end of April ; for it was not to be presumed that Congress .would take more than five months to revise the tariff. But now, when the imports of the season are pretty muoh all in, Congress makes itself an object of derision by this absurd burlesque on legislation. In March the im ports at this port amounted to nearly twenty-four million dollars according to their specie valuation at the foreign ports ; an amount much larger than has been im ported in any previous month since the begin ning of the war. The increase of imports at New York since the first of January, says the Pittsburg Post, is nearly fifty per cent. on those for the first three months of last year. This was pro duced by the expectation of Congress raising the duties. And now, continues the World, !...after the country is glutted with merchan dise, our sapient Congress is seised with a sudden fright and juke up the duties fifty per cent. The effect of such a measure, at this late day, will simply be to tax the country to enrich the foreign owners of this vast amount of merchandise. All these goods which have been hurried into the country while Congress has been procrastinating will rise in the hands of their owners, and the peo. ple be impoverished by an onerous tax of millions, not a dollar of which goes into the treasury. If Congress had matured and passed a reasonable tariff in December or January, this tax on the community would have been paid to support the Government, and' not, as now, to enrich the importers. During the sixty days, the goods that arrive will be entered in bond, as nobody will care to pay the new duties when the rates may, at the end of sixty days, be less on the particu• lar kind of merchandise he imports. During those sixty days very little gold will be wanted for the payment of duties, and it is possible that the expected effect of that circumstance on the pride of gold is one reason for the passage of this strange law. But if less gold is wanted for duties more will be wanted for remittances, and gold, instead of being transferred from the banks into the sob-treasury, will be sent out of the country. The holders of imported goods will now be anxious to realize, and sales will result in the conversion of large amounts of currency into gold for remittance to Europe. So that, in every point of view, the new law is a piece of consummate folly. LABOR PAYS THE TAXES It is truly said that the people of this country have not yet begun to feel the effects of the taxation that is in store for them. The value of the real and personal estate in the United States in 1860 was $17,000,000,000. This amount embraced the whole Union, North, South, East and West. It must be admitted that the amount at this time is much less. Upon what there is left is to fall the enormous debt of $4,000,0000,000. There fore, so much of the capital of the country is sunk—is worse than destroyed, because it is a burden, a dead weight upon what there is left for all time to come. The bonds issued by the United States are to draw interest, but they are exempt from taxation. The effect of this is that the farmer and mechanic mut pay, while the capitalist who has ready cash to invest escapes taxation by investing his money in United States bonds. In this way this immense debt of $4,000,- 000,000 is withdrawn from the productive capital of the country, and becomes a burden upon the remainder. The question naturally arises, as to bow far it ie safe to carry such a system, and have we not reached the limit already ? The farmer and the mechanic pay the taxes, while the rich man, who has in voked his capital in bonds, is exempt, and not obliged to pay a cent. The rich are to grow richer, and the poor poorer, under such a system. The discrimination is against the laboring men of the country. Labor is taxed, while capital becomes privileged and escapes. It is, therefore, for the interest of- - every farmer, every mechanic, every laboring man of small means, that the debt shall not be in• creased. Already the Government Mortgage upon every farm and every house and lot, is °nor_ moue, and every day's continuance of this reckless Administration increases it. So long as the Republican party continve in power, we have no reason to expect to Bee an end to this struggle. Tits Two attn. Pleoz.—The new two cent piece which has been recommended by Con gress resembele very mush in appearance a gold coin : On one side there is a wreath of wheat in the center of which is stamped " 2 cents " and around which are the words " United States of America." On the other side there is a shield of liberty bearing the words " God is our Trutt." It was feared that this new issue of money, like all that has been circulated for three years back would be made of paper. It will be a refreshing sight to see a new issue of coin—an article of great scarcity now-adays. Adjournment. The Legislature of Pennsylvania adjourned on Wednesday night last. The appropriation bill and most of the more important bills were passed. The Legislature will meet again in August next, to agree on legislation to enable the soldiers to vote, in the event of the people ratifying the proposed amendments to the Con stitution. Delirium Tremens ! We are really afraid that the temperance editor of the Express has been laboring under an attack of delirium tremens or something else.— GEIST sees nothing but snakes ! For a confirmation of this see the Ex press of Friday evening. BROWN'S BRONCHIAL Thomas. for (loughs, Colds, Pulmonary and Asthmatio Disordecrs, have proved their efficacy by a test of many years, and have received testimonials from eminent men who have used them. aNICIP RIXEMDITION. IGen. BANKS' Red River expedition, says the New Hampshire Patriot, was undertaken mainly to obtain a large amount of cotton I which was supposed_ to be " laying round loose" along Red river. It was simply a great marauding expedition—s foray for plunder and spoils. The objet of the ex pedition has doubtless been defeated by the delay occasioned by the defeat and retreat of Banks' forces, and the expedition will there fore probably be given up. As the enemy will have time to remove or destroy all the cotton in the region before Banks' army is " reorganised " and reinforced sufficiently to warrant another advance, it is not likely that the attempt to reach Shreveport will again be made at present. This expedition has resulted even more disastrously than was reported last week. The shameless but characteristic lying of the Government tools, which announced magnifi cent victories was resorted to as usual to deceive the people and to break the force of the sad reality which it was known would soon shock the public mind. Instead of the magnificent victories so exultingly reported, after and during a series of bloody conflicts, Gen. Banks retreated some forty miles down the river, leaving his dead and wounded, his artillery, his wagons and his supplies. The extent of the disaster will never be made known. A letter from New Orleans says : The disaster to oar arms on the Red river has proved a very serious one, in which we have lost some 7000 in killed and wounded, 200 army wagons with stores, &c., 19 pieces of artillery with caissons, ammunition, &0., even the personal effects of staff officers. We have the entire gunboat flotilla above the rapids, with the water of the river turned into Bayou Pierre, so that the boats are useless. General Banks has been forced to retreat 60 miles, after suffering great lose, and the enemy are now between the gunboats and the army. A despatch from Washington says; a letter has been received there from Admiral Porter, who commands the gunboats co operating with Banks' army, which " pronounces GEM. Banks' expedition a complete failure. Besides over thirty pieces of artillery, a large quantity of small aims, several hundred wagons and a ,first-class gunboat (the Eastport,) near 4000 prisoners have been lost; also, in addition, the Paymaster's safe, containing a million dollars in greenbacks, was captured by the rebels." It is feared that this disaster may lead to another. Gen. Steele with 15,000 men was advancing through Arkansas to join Banks at Shreveport. Having disposed of Banks, it is feared the active rebel Generale will turn upon Steele with an overwhelming force and annihilate his army. The managemeit of this expedition by Gen. Banks is sharply criticised and severely censured. A letter from New Orleans says : I have seen a large number of those who were in the fight, and they all agree that Banks, by marching up his men in brigades, to encounter the massed army of Kirby Smith, simply led them to a wholesale slaughter, and hie lose of eighteen pieces of artillery, among which was Nime' Battery, shows how effective he made his artillery." The N. Y. Evening Post, an Administration paper always friendly to Banks, says : As to the military management of General Banks it is too early yet to speak a decisive word ; but the newspaper accounts thus far received of his grand expedition up the Red River, and of the late battles at Pleasant Ridge, are anything but assuring ; they would seem to show the most prodigious blunders in the whole ordering of the march and the con filet. For a commander who is approaching the presence of the enemy to send cavalry some eight miles in advance of hie main army, to let the baggage train of that cavalry occupy the only road between the two , and when the cavalry is attacked by superior numbers of infantry, not to withdraw it, but to support it with one or two light - brigades, is to evince bad judgment, to say the least. General Banks' policy was to defer battle as long-as he could until he should be joined by the forces under General Steele and others, rapidly concentrating, and then fall upon the enemy with superior numbers. According to the representations we have, he allowed himself to be drawn into the fight under disadvanta• geoue -circumstances ; he lost needlessly both men and munitions ; and if on the third day we partially retrieved the case by a merciless slaughter of the rebels, who had become too confident, it was owing to the endurance and valor of the troops, and not to the generalship of the commander. It is stated that in this bold push into the enemy's country in search of plunder, Banks' column was thirty six miles long! The cav alry were four miles ahead of the nearest corps of infantry ; that twelve miles ahead of the next, and that twenty miles ahead of the reserve ! No one corps was within supporting distance of the other ; and it was not till they were burled back and heaped upon each other that the troops made an effectual resistance. They fought bravely, and sacrificed much, to repair the errors of a political General, who was using them for a 'political scheme and a moneyed speculation. An expedition thus managed could not reasonably be expected to succeed ; and its failure brings disgrace upon all concerned in its management. It has ef fectually blighted Banks' Presidential pros pects, and thus effected one of the standing purposes of Lincoln—the " suppression " of rival candidates for the Baltimore nomination. E=IMIZIECEEI The Philadelphia Bulletin, of Friday eve ning, thus truthfully speaks of the Abolition Legislature of Pennsylvania which has just adjourned much to the relief of the people I The people of Pennsylvania are to be con— gratulated on the adjournment of the Legis lature. The session has been one of unparal leled mischief, the full extent of which no one can now pretend to estimate. Even the pamphlet laws, when they are published, will not begin to show all the evil that has been enacted ; for there are hundreds of bills, the full purpose of which does not appear in their titles or contents. The means used to obtain the passage of most of the bills were as dis— graceful as the enactments themselves. That hot-bed of corruption, Harrisburg, was never before so infested with the agents of bribery, politely called lobbyists. Bills had to be bought through committees and through each house, and the votes of members had their price, while the lobbyists themselves pocketed a large share of the sums exacted from per— eons anxious to procure legislation. The Philadelphia delegation, with a few honorable exceptions, was a disgrace to the city. They effected nothing for the good of Philadelphia, bat they did a great dual for its injury. When a measure for the benefit of the city was proposed, even their advocacy of it was useless; for they had not the respect of the country members, and they were consequently without influence. The bad work of the session, had its fitting climax in the scandal— ous scenes of rowdyism of the closing night sessions, of which our correspondence has given a slight sketch. Let us hope that such another Legislature may never again be elected. HAVE WE A BLOCKADING SQUAD- The New York Herald says the blockade runners are doing a thriving business while Mr. Welles, the Secretary of the Navy, is taking a comfortable nap. They are running freely, it appears, to and fro upon the ocean, carrying rebel products to Europe, and bring ing book rebel supplies from the sympathizers on the other aide of the Atlantic. We hear of twelve vessels arriving at Liverpool in two days, laden with cotton from the rebel States. We also learn by our files from Bermuda that the steamer Minnie has just brought in there even hundred and thirty-two tone of cotton and three hundred and thirty boxes of tobacco from Wilmington, and that quite a fleet of steamers had reached that island laden with merchandise for the use of the Southern rebels. These facts suggest the question, have we a blockading squadron on our coast at all? The port of Wilmington certainly might as well be innocent of the presence of any such portion of the new service. IMPORTANT HISTORICAL LETTER. The Portsmouth (Ohio) rams of the 23rd publishes for the first time,. thefollowing letter from S. P. Chase to a proininent Re publican of that plane. The originaLreeently came into the possession of the editor of the runes, which he well remarks is of great value, as revealing the polioy that controlled the leading statesmen of the Republican party just previous to, and at the time of their in stalment into power. It throws considerable light upon the animus of those members ,of the Peace Conference, who thought the Union would not be worth a curse, in the language of Senator Chandler, of Michigan, without a little blood-letting. The following is a copy of Mr. Chase's letter : WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 1861. Dear Sir : Thanks for your note and expla nation of that vote. It may be useful. There is a greater disposition to compromise than I like to see. But I hope for the best. Half a dozen of the Border State gentlemen have been in our room to night. Etheridge and Stokes, of Tennessee, Adams and Bristow, of Kentucky, Gilmer, of North Carolina, and others. I really sympathize with them, but see no reason why we should sacrifice pertnar• neatly a LARGE power to help them, for the purpose of gaining temporarily a LITTLE one. Yours, 'cordially, S. P. Caen. Can any one who reads this letter of Mr. Chase fail to see who brought this war on, and who is responsible for the present condi tion of things? Read•the letter over again, particularly the lines in italic. When Mr. Chase wrote that there was a greater disposition to compromise than he liked to see, he meant among his own party friends, for the Democrats were all for corn promise to avoid civil war and separation. Mr. Chase, of course, resisted the disposition to compromise which he found among hie party friends. The result is now upon the country in one of the most etupenduone and sacrificing wars of modern times. To the entreaties of the Border State men he turned a deaf ear. He could see no reason why the Republican party " should saorifloe permanently a large power " to help them, "for the purpose of gaining, temporarily, a little one." He regarded the permanent as cendency of the Republican party of far more importance than the peace of the Border States, and their retention in the Union. This letter of Mr. Chase will form a part of the history of the fall of the great American Re. public, and connect his name indissolubly with its destruction. THE ELECTION FARCE IN LOUISI Gen. James M. Ashley, of Ohio, is a mem bar of Congress who is very apt to say what he thinks. He is an uncompromising Repub lican ; but this circumstance does not prevent him from having a most contemptuous opin ion of Mr. Lincoln, and his demagogical trick for getting voters for his own reelection, by the farce of holding elections in rebel States, where we have only the most precarious foot ing for our armies, and where, the instant that they are withdrawn, the whole commu nity are a unit in expressing their attachment to the rebel cause. Recently, in a speech de livered in Congress, General Ashley made the following statement with reference to the late elections in Louisiana. He said: " The farce of an election was gone through with, and of course the men representing an organization whose loyalty never was ques tioned were defeated. It could not well have been otherwise. A military commander who announces that ' martial law is the fundamen tal law of the State,' and .that all must vote, would not find it difficult to elect any one he may designate, especially when the aggregate vote did not exceed ten or eleven thousand, with three candidates in the field. Hahn's whole vote in the State, as claimed by his friends, is only 6,l7l—less than one fourth of my congressional district. " There are fifty-four parishes in the State, only twelve of which are under our control. Of the number who voted for Hahn, I have been credibly informed that over 1,000 were employed in the quartermaster's department ; about 550 are policemen in the City of New Orleans ; city laborers 1,100, and other city officers 100 ; some 1,600 were soldiers, claim- ing to be citizens of Louisiana. The acting mayor of New Orleans was removed by Gen. Banks, and one appointed who could and would control the votes and influence of the 550 policemen, city laborers and city officers. With all the military power of the depart ment to support Hahn, with the votes of all the Government employees, the Louisiana soldiers and policemen, his entire vote in the twelve parishes is but 6,171, and yet this in significant vote is paraded before the country, and unblushingly called the ioice of the entire State of Louisiana, which, in 1860, gave a vote of over 50,000. Hahn had hardly as many votes in the entire State as Mrs. General Beauregard had sympathizing rebel mourners in attendance upon her funeral in the city of New Orleans a day or two after this eletion." TRUE ELOQUENCE. The following truly eloquent pas Sage is from the speech of Hon. Oeo. H. Pendleton, of Ohio, on freedom of speech in Congress * * * My imagination paints another When your work shall have been fully accomplished ; when your mission shall have been all executed ; when your Constitution I shall be dead, our Sovernment destroyed, our liberties gone ; when these States, held in their proper position by the power of our matchless Constitution, and emulating in their harmoni ous action the stars which circle around the footstool of the Eternal Throne, amidst the music of the spheres, shall have given place to " States dissevered, discordant, belligerent ; a land rent with civil feuds, and:drenohed with fraternal blood ; " impartial history will hold its dread inquest, and before appalled human ity will render judgment, that degenerate children, discarding the teachings of their fathers, deserting the lessons of the past, de parting from " the ways of pleasantness and peace, rebelliing against the wisdom and be nificence of Gad, with their hearts tilled with pride and their souls filled with passion and fanaticism, raised their hands to strike ;the matricidal blow, and received at that moment from the vengeance of indignant and outraged Heaven, the just punishment of their terrible and nameless crime. DESPERATE PRIZE FIGHT. On Wednesday morning last a prize fight took place, near the Gwynedd Station, on the North Pennsylvania Railroad, Montgomery county, six miles north from Norristown. The place selected was an open field adjoining a small copse of woods, and the fight was witnessed by a large concourse of spectators from New York and Philadelphia. The fight was fur $5OO aside, and there was heavy betting, considerable money changing hands. The names of the principals are Dorney Har ris, an Englishman, residing in New York, and Patsey Marley, hailing from the same city. The fight commenced at quarter past 10 o'- clock and continued for one hour and forty-five minutes. Harris took his place in the ring a half hour before the contest commenced. His seconds were James Elliott and Barney Aaron ; those of Marley were Kit Burns and John Monaghan. Daniel Carrigan acted as referee. In the second round Harris bad hie rib broken, although the accident did not disconcert him in the least, as he showed no signs of pain. After the tenth or twelfth round it was evident that Marley was fast failing and the betting was two to one on Harris. Over seventy rounds were fought when Marley's seconds threw up the sponge and Harris was declared the winner. Marley's face exhibited signs of the most severe punishment. He was totally blind, both eyes being closed, and his head was swollen as large as a bushel basket. Although blind. he was reluctant to give up the fight, and eried like a child when carried from the ring. Harris, on the other hand, escaped without any serious injury, his face not showing a scratch. His only injury is a bioken rib.— No attempt was made by the authorities to interfere with the contest. HAlL.—Considerable of a hail storm passed over the North-Western part of Chester coun— ty, and edge of Berke, on Wednesday. last, Fortunately the crops or fruit trees were not far enough advanoed to receive any damage. It had the effect to chill the atmospheie. imif.l4 :1;711:1 1 4.%. -77,1 HoN. JAMBS BROOKS ON " TEBOWING AFRI- ' dill Drew n ANINIOAN ETV', vo itamave Wares Marg."— , A large sod brilliant audience of ladies and gentlemen at tended the lecture of Hew Jasras BEOONT, <f New York, I Wore the Young Men's Democratic Association, at Fulton Hall, on Thursday evening last. Mr. B. entered the ban a few minute's before 8 o'clock, accompanied by the Exec . utter" Committee, and was greeted with much applause.— He carried in his hand s 10-auUfal bowled which had been sent to his hotel by one of our fair young city belles. At 8 o'clock he was introduced to the audience by Dr. WZIAMILINN, let Vire President of the. AltsatiatiOn, and opened his lecture by making levetal humorous allusions as to what was meant by throwing African Dust in Amer ican Byes. He reviewed at length the different messunis of the Lincoln Administration, showing conclusively that from the commencement of cur present deplorable diffi culties the men in power have been throwing duet (Mei can at that) in the eyes of the people, in order to divert Gush attention from shale wicked purposes and designs. He geld that it was not by any Constitutional right that he spoke thus to his audience, bat simply by the toler ance of the person called President. This was no longer a free country, although called such He cited instances to prove that when tyrants, be they Emperors or Presi dents, wished to usurp the rights and liberties of the people they have never yet apparently changed the forms of government, which was another way of tbrowlng • dust in the people's eyes A remark that it was not Conetitn- Gone or Presidents which gave him the right to speak his mind freely, but that it was breathed into him by Al mighty God, created the wildest applause, which lasted for some time. He also rapidly and scathingly reviewed a few of the pet measures of the Administration. taking up the Con scription Bill, the Indemnity Bill, (in which the wicked results from the suspension of the writ of Habeas Corpus were put in the most forcible light,) anti winding up with some telling and humorous reflections on the Financial policy. His concluding peroration in behalf of a restored Union was one of the most sublimely beautiful flights of elo- quence we ever listened to. He spoke for one hour and twenty minute' without notes, and we have time only to give a hurried outline of his eloquent, humorous, inter esting and Instructive lecture. livery person in the au dience was delighted, and regretted when be concluded. He was frequently interrupted with applause. Mr. Moose, as moat of our readers are aware, is the able and accomplished editor-in-chief of the New York Exprus. one of the best of the Metropolitan dailies. He represents one of the districts of New York City in Congress, and is distinguished on the floor of the House for his ability, prudence and sagacity. Aa a speaker he is interesting, effective, argume tative and at times very eloquent. He is about fifty years of age, of floe personal appearance, has a very intellectual face, is modest, retiring and dignified in manner, but at the same time a most entertaining gen tleman In company. After the lecture Mr. Sitcom, with a number of our own citizens, was handsomely entertained by Gen. Geoeoz M. STTLIMAII, at his residence in Vest King street. After wards a fine collation was giVen him by the members of the Association at Hopple'e Saloon, in the Depot building. —The next lecture of the course will be delivered by Oceans NoaTHaoP, Eeq, of Philadelphia, an eminent law yer, and considered one of the most gifted and eloquent epeakeni in the State. The lecture will be delivered on Thursday evening, the 26th lost., and Mr. N. has chosen for his subject: "flow a Free People Lose their Liberties." RELIGIOUS. —Her. D. . STECK., of Dayton, Ohio, formerly Pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church, West Orange Street, this city, preached in that church on Sunday morning and evening last. His sermons were able and interesting, and there were large congregations present. Rev. Thomas B. Biases., Assistant Rector of Grace Church, Philadelphia, has accepted a call to the Rector chip of St. John's Free Church, this city. Rev. 'hunts U. Howse, the late Sector, has taken charge of an Epic copal Church at .bloneadale, Wayne county, tine State. TIaCZNIZWART 31781121.—The First German Reformed Church of this city (Rev. Mr. Karen's) will close the Tercentenary Anniversary of the formation of the andel burg Catechism with appropriate services on Sunday next, at 2% o'clock, P. M. The Sunday School will present its 'honk offerings, and place them upon the altar of the church, .in sections, with appropriate mottoes and em blems. Each section—seven in all—will be addressed by some of our resident clergymen. The services will he in terspersed with chants and hymns by the Choir and Sun day School. It is hoped the occasion will be edifying and promotive of the religions culture of the young THE FREEMAN'S JOURNAL.—We had the pleasure yesterday afternoon of taking by the band our old friend Turneozn M. Chitxsann, Esq., the energetic and gentlemanly Agent of that sterling newspaper, the New York ifirecniun's Journal. He will remain In the city a day or two, and we trust that all the old subscribers will continue their subecriptions, and that he may receive many new ones. The Freeman's Journal is one of the few faithful sentinels on the watch-tower of Liberty. AN INTERESTING EXHIBITION. —Hensel's miniature model of Mount Vernon will be exhibited in Iteigart'e Bending, Meat King street, opposite the Court House, commencing on Friday evening next. It is really a wonderful piece of mechanism and art, and has been visited by thousands of admiring spectators in Baltimore, Philadelphia and other cities. It is theret re really worth a visit by all admirers of the beautiful, and none should fail to see it. MisczoeNATloN.—A few eveninge ago in the City of Reading could be seen the good-looking and genial editor of the " Betas County Zeitung " (the new German organ of the Berke County loyalists) walking arm in arm and indulging in a friendly "smile " with a number of Democratic gentlemen, prominent among whom was the veritable Philip Huber, of K. G. 0. notoriety. The anomaly was singular, bat fully coincided with the popular idea of Miscegenation. We advise our * loyal " friends in "Alt Berke" to look well to their interests, lest such associations should proclaim their resent editorial acquisition *bogus." Hear 'Oust the Zeitung editor says : On Tuesday evening last we met an old acquaintance, who is now Chairman of the Democratic Committee of Lancaster County, and by him we were formally intro duced to Mr. Huber, and, to our amazement, wo ascer tained that it was the very Huber of Golden Circle Coto rlety I .At the fleet we felt somewhat out of sorts, but upon a low moments' reflection (for be really seemed quite clever and perfectly harmless) we concluded that he woo Just an good an any other repr.entatlve man of the modern Pemccrecy. THE PENNSYLVANIA RESERVES—EXPIRATION or rosin Team or Seance—The Ilarriebnrg Telegraph furnishes the following Information, upon the authority of the Adjutant General, as to the time of the expiration of the term of service of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps let and 2d Regiments, term expires August 1, 18&1; 3d Regiment, July 28; 4th Regiment, July 17; sth Regi ment, June 21; 6th, 7th and 90.1 Regiments, July 29; lath Regiment, July 21, 12th Regiment, August 10; 13th Regiment, June 11. The Telegraph al, states, upon the same authority, that there le no muster In for an unexpired term. Recruits tor three years' regiments. after such organizations have been In service, are all mustered for three years, no that at the. expiration of the term of the regiment, such recruits will bo held for three years and transferred to other regiments RECOVERED.—Tbe body of Henry Stein mats, who left his home in Mountain° about the first of April in a state of mental derangement, was found a few days since in the Susquehanna by Isaac Duck, who was catching loose lumber. The body of the man was recog nized by his clothing. It is not known how long he had been in the water. The supposition is that he was drown ed In Chigoe.' Creek, and tho late rains caused the body to float down stream. The verdict of the jury wee "drowned from an unknown cause." HOMICIDE IN MARIETTA.—The Harrisburg Telegraph says an affray occurred in Marietta, on Wednes day night week, in which a young man named George Wenslinen was mortally wounded. It seems that a quar rel originated between two soldiers about a woman, upon which one of them named Bishop discharged a pistol at his opponent, and missing him shot Weaaelmnn, who hap pened to be passing along the street. Wes.)!man was said to have been a very worthy young man, and was to have been married the next day. CNANGES IN COMMON COUNCIL.—JOHN T. MacGostotz, Eeq., President of the Common Council, by rearoo of biz removal from the tatty, has signed his post. lion as a member and presiding officer of that body. Mr. Writtelf A. Matins has bean elected to fill the 'ecstasy, which le a moat excellent selection. Mr. E)IANUZL 800000., an old and• experienced member of the body, has been chosen President. This is a just compliment to his faith• ful Nerviest; as a Councilman and estimable qualities es a citizen. The election took place on Tuesday evening last. There was no other business of importance transacted. SCMOOL DIRECTORB.—The annual election for twelve School Directors took place at the City Hall, on Tuesday afternoon last, and resulted in the choice of the THE MONRO following persons: E. DOCTRINE Dr. P. Cassidy, John W. Jackson ' William R. Wilson, President BucueNert, in December, 1859 William Whiteside. Simon P. Eby, Hugh B. Gars, Col. D. W. Patterson, William A. Atlee, A. Herr Smith, Rev. it. reviewed our relations with Mexico ably and H. Thomas, A. W. Russel, Henry Baumgardner. at length. Speaking of the hackneyed clamor Surns.—Whi has not oft in the stilly night, about " entangling alliances," and urging ere slumber's chains have bound him, been tormentei by hungry bugs crawling round him 1 and what housewife I upon Congress some decisive action, he re would not pay something handsome to know just how to banish from her premises the pestilent vermin. The marks : Country Gentleman gives the following recipe, which, we "It may be said these measures are inoon are assured, will have the desired effect: " Take two pounds of alum, bruise it, and reduce it to powder; sistent with our wise and settled policy not to dissolve in three quarts of water; let It remain in a warm interfere with the domestic concerns of for place till the alum la dissolved. The alum water is to be applied, by means of a brush, to every Joint and crevice. sign nations. But does not the present case Brneh the crevices in the floor, whitewash the ceiling, fairly form an exception? An adjoining re• putting In plenty, of alum, and there will be an end to public in a state of anarchy and confusion, bugs dropping thence." from which she is wholly unable to extricate Lisr or JURORti to serve in the Court of herself. She is entirely destitute of the pow- Quarter Sessions, commencing Monday, May Both: Robert Baldwin, Salisbury. er to maintain peace upon her borders, or Samuel Brubaker, Earl. prevent the incursions of banditti into our John S. Blanks, City. territory. In her fate and her fortune—in John L..Bnc City. John W Clark, Marietta. her power to maintain a settled government Abner Carter, Little Britain. — we 1 have a far deeper interest, socially, corn- A. Scott Clark, Drnmore. , meroially and politically, than any other Daniel Diller, Salisbury. Samuel L. Eshleman, Mount Joy Bor. ' nation. She is now a wreck upon the ocean, A. C. Flinn, City. • drifting about in the currents of the different Joseph Frantz, East Earl. John Graybill, Upper Leacock. ' factions. As a good neighbor, shall we not Stephen Geisinger, Rapho. ' extend the helping hand to save her? If we William N. Galbraith, Colerain. do not, it would not be surprising should Jamb Eliwtand, Mount Joy Twp. Christian B. Herr, Weet Lampetsr. , some other nation undertake the task, and Daniel Helm, Strasburg Twp. thus force us to interfere at last, under oir- H. BKerns, Salisbury. A. B . Kaufman, City.. y of increased difficulty, for the Samuel Lockard, Repho. maintenance of our established policy." George Lomb,East Camille°. Isaac L Landis, Manheim Twp. These views are statesman-like and to the H B. Kauffman, East Hempfloid. point. The Monroe doctrine means something. Henry Mueselumn, Earl. William ?dcDannel, Mount Joy Twp. ' Or, if it means nothing, then let us hear no Edward Morton, Oily. ..:- Daniel Peart, Columbia. i more about it. Let it go quietly down to ob- John Reese, City. Jacob Shallow, Rapho. ' livion, until the American people shall again i Henry E. ?Rahman, Penn. be equal to that spirit of foresight and saga- George Bollinger, Little Britain. Alexander Shultz, Strasburg Bor. : city in which it was first conceived, enunciated Henry Wised. West Mempteld. Martin 0. Weaver, Cainiarvon; and approved, and in one grand effort of Jacob Weemr, City.. manhood drive back to their original obscurity CULTURE or TOMATORS. —The following, the poor old joker at Washington, and the which we copy from the Cul/unit, will possess an Interest t o yegrloulturiste and gardeners who peruse oar paper : miserable pretenders and . factionists by "There is a diversity of opinion In regard to the culture of tomatoes Some prefer to allow the vines to_cover the whom he is counselled and controlled. ground at will; (Otero prefer trellisses or frames. The . French method Is as follows: As eo,n as a cluster of flow. ' OATS AND WINE.—The Commissionor of ere Is visible, they top the stem sown to the darter. so that the bowers terminate the stem. The effect is, that Agriculture has recently received a very en the sap is immediately inicelled into the two bads next perior lot of black and white oats from below the cluster, which soon push strongly, and produce another cluster of flowers each. When theseare visible, Stockholm, Sweden, weighing forty-five the branch to which they belong Is also topped down to pounds to the bushel, which will be diatribe their level, and this is done nee times succeLively. By uted among the farmers in quart packages, this means the plants become stout, dwarf bushes, not above eighteen inches high. In addition to this, all the upon application to the Department. Our laterals that have no flowers, and, after the filth topping. Minister to Japati, Mr. Prnyn, has forwarded all the laterals whatsoever are nipped off In this way the ripe sap Is directed into the fruit, which acquires a beauty, a choice variety of grape vines and rare aim and excellence unattainable by any other means" p l ants—a contribution from the Tycoon. The ..... exchange of plants and seeds with foreign SPRING Exatstylow or - HousEs.—The Ches- countries has done much to develope the re ter County Agricultural Society have fixed sources of our soil and climate, and recent upon Saturday the 28th inst., as the time for experiments reported to the Department have holding their usual spring exhibition of horses. demonstrated the adaptability of the North to In addition to a liberal list for all sorts and the production of many articles which it was classes of horses, there will be two Volunteer heretofore supposed could only be cultivated 'Premiums competed for—one of $5O, and the in the South. other of $25. These handsome premiums will ll.ll, no doubt draw some good horses to the exhi- Dr Col. Furl, of Ct., late Provost Marshal bition,as well as •orowda of visitors. The horse of Baltimore, has been convicted of selling question just now is an interesting one to Government property for his own benefit, tak— farmers—under the increasing demands from ing bribes, and other fashionable practices, the Government for this class of animals—and" and has been sentenced to be, dismissed the the Agricultural Society is disposed to en— service, forfeit all pay due him, pay a fine of amine the growing of good homes by offer- $5OOO and be sent to State Prison for one ing libeiral premiums at their spring fair. . year. TIM MAXICIAR MILPILII.Z. The Archduke Maximilian received the Mexican deputation of Notables at Miramar, Austria, on the 10th of April. He spoke as follows : "After a mature examination of the act of acceptance of the Mexican crown, which you have submitted to me, I have come to the con- C fiction that the resolution of the Mexican Notables hoe been confirmed by an overruling majority of the inhabitants of that country. Such being the ease, the first of the conditions for which I stipulated on the 3d of October has been fulfilled. The second condition— that a guaranty of the independence and wel fare of the country should be placed on a firm basis—has been secured by the Emperor Na pJleon, who throughout has been animated by a spirit of sincerity and kindness which I shalt - never forget. The illustrious bead of my family has also given his consent. I now solemnly declare my acceptance of the Crown you have offered to me. " Mexico is entitled to select a Government corresponding to her wishes and her require ments. This confidence shall not be mis placed. I assume the the constitutional power intrusted to me by the nation. I will retain it so long as it may be necessary to establish a state of legal order, and completely to or ganise liberal institutions. I shall hasten to place the monarchy under the authority of constitutional laws as soon as the pacification of the country shall be accomplished. Ex ecutive power, strictly defined, is better secured than when a matter of uncertainty. and I will define it in such a manner as shall be a guaranty of the stability of the Govern ment. I hope to be enabled to prove that well regulated liberty is compatible with order. I will also uphold with equal energy the flag of independence. I desire the assis tance of every Mexican to support me in ac complishing my splendid task. Union will make us strong. My Government, I repeat it, will not forget the gratitude due to the illustrious Prince by whom alone the regener ation of Mexico has been rendered possible. On my journey to Mexico I shall visit Rome to receive the blessings of the Holy Father, which to me is doubly important." The speech of the Emperor of Mexico was replied to by the Preeident of the Mexican Deputation. The Emperor of Austria permits the forma tion of a corps of 6,000 volunteers and 300 sailors for Mexico. The new Mexican loan of eight millions stet-ling, at 63, will be opened on the 15th It was announced that the Emperor and the Empress would probably quit Miramar, en route for M sloe, on the 14th April. A Paris paper believes it is able to assert that the French army of occupation will be gradually withdrawn from Mexico. REBEL DESIGNS The Washington correspondent of the N.Y. News writes as follows in regard to the sup posed intentions of Gen. Lae: It may not be Gen. Lee's intention to invade Pennsylvania at the present time. But it cer tainly is his intention to draw Gen. Meade's army across the Rapidan, to engage it there with a part of his force, and with the main body of his army to get in Meade's flank or rear, and then either to attaok the latter, thus placing him between two fires ; or else to make a bold push toward Washington. Gen. Lee has upward of 95,000 troops, including a body of cavalry 16,000 strong, and both men and horses are in excellent condition. His defen— sive works, south of the Rapidan, and between that stream and the Gordonsville and Rwh mond Railroad, are so strong and extensive, and are mounted with so many guns, that they can be held and defended by a small propor tion of his army, while the main body will be rapidly moved in another direction. It is understood to be Gen. Lee's design to amuse and hold in check Gen. Ilt.leade's army with this portion of his force, and perhaps even to fall back before the latter nearly to Rich mond, while Gen. Lee himself, with his main body, strikes a blow in a very different direc tion. To this end of course, it will be Gen. Lee's aim to give the Federal commander the idea that the whole Confederate army ie mas sed together south of the Rapidan. DEMORALIZATION OF WAR Tongue cannot tell, pen cannot write, ima gination cannot conceive of the demoralizing effects of this war upon society. It is not con— fined, by any means, to those whose sensibili ties become hardened by the barbarities of war, but its effects pervade every ramification of society. It has thrown thousands of help less women on the street in all the large cities and towns. Read the following from the Boston Post, of the 30th ult. It says : " A young girl, neatly though plainly dressed, was arrested by a police officer for improperly soliciting men upon the street. When taken to the station-house she admitted the charge, and said she was compelled to adopt that course of life or starve. She came from Ver mont, with her mother and another sister, because they could find no employment there. Since their removal the mother had been sick, and their support had devolved upon this girl, who worked in a shop on Essex street, and re ceived ten cents for making thirteen coat I button holes. Work as bard as she might, she could not earn enough to support the family, and so was compelled to add to her earnings by going upon the street. She told her story plainly, but with an apparent feeling that she was justified by her necessities. Other facts known to the police corroborated her story, and there is no doubt that she was driven to a life of shame." Such facts show that there is still work for philanthropists and reformers at home, even in Boston. WAR NEWS. The War In Virginia. WASHIRGTON, May b. The Army of the Potomac began its fdrward march on Monday. The crossing of the Rapidan was affected without opposition on Tuesday and Wednesday at Oulpeper, Jaoobs' Germania and Rly's Nord. No rebels were seen, exospt a few pickets, who retired as• we advanced. if Lee in tends to mate a stand this side of Richmond, it is possible he may be met near the old battle ground of Ohanoellorsville, but it is the general impression that he has fallen back from his position on the Rapidan to Richmond, in order to protect that city from the formidable force now marching upon it from the rear, and which is as likely to strike on one side of the James as the other. Culpeper is belt g strongly fortified, and will be used a depot for stores. Ir. is reported hero to-day that a strong oolcimn of troops under Gene. Conoh and Sigel are marching from Winchester up the Sneaandoati Valley as • co-operating column, destined eventually to out the Virginia and Tennessee flathead, while Butler's force, or a part of it, strikes the other railroad at or near Petersburg, trills severing all railroad 001110111- nioations between Riehmond and the South. Gen. Butler took the field in person at the head of the army on the Peninsula yesterday, and his host is marshaled by such leaders as W. F. Smith, Gillmore, Terry and Godfrey Weitzel. The movement assumes an expeditionary charac ter. An immense fleet of transports, and a strong aqnadron of monitors and gunboats will convoy it up one of those broad rivers to the gates or to the baok door of Richmond, and perhaps the Iron-clads may once more try the strength of the rebel bat teries that line the James, the Pamunkey and the Rappahannock. The feeling prevails that there is desperate work before this army. Bat there is nerve and strength for it. the iron-clads lie in the still waters off Newport News, and the fleet of gunboats are in communication with them. All the auguries are favorable. WASEURGTON, 2011 6, The Army of the Potomac has passed the Wilder ness which includes the old Chanoellorsville battle. ground, east of Lee's army until it re totted au open plain east southeast of the Wilderness. He further states that Gen. Grant took that route in order to flank Gen. Lee. Our informant states that the theory entertained by officers there, was that General Lea was still in his works about Orange Court Rouse. Many here believe that it will be found that General Grant has Ranked General Lee, and is between his army and the works of Richmond. FORTRESS MONROE, May B. Having permission from -Capt. Poiffer, Aid de Camp to Gen. Butler, to publish anything that has transpired here in regard to the highly important movements in this direction, I transmit the follow ing particulars. Oa Tuesday night the ad inst., about one-half of the large fleet of transports that bad been lying in the Roads for some time, were ordered to Yorktown, and commenced embarking troops on Wednesday. The rest of the fleet went up and took the remainder of the troops on board and name back here. The whole fleet then proceeded up the James river, passing here last night., The movements were con ducted with the greatest secrecy and with all _possi ble quietness. The fleet advanced up the James river, preceded by the army gunboats under com mand of General Graham. During to-day and last night, a very successful landing has been effected, and no resistance hid been met with up to 4 o'clock this morning, at which time the steamer Thos. Powell left with despatches, in charge ot Capt. Peiffer. No casualty has ocoured beyond the killing of a oolored soldier, and -the injury of two others by being caught betweon two boats. Our movement was evidently a complete success. At the last advices our forces were being rapidly landed and pushed forward. We have landed at Wilson's wharf, Fort Powhatan landing, Bermuda hundred, above the Appotomax and other places. Our monitors and gunboats are all over the bar at Harrison's Landing and above City Point. The operations of the fleet have been characterized by great energy and success , WASHINGTON, May 7. The Republican has the following: The govern ment has information this morning, whether from official sources or other, we are unable to learn posi tively at the moment of going to press, on Wednes day at daylight, Grant's whole army was entirely across the Rapidan. It marched to a plain a little beyond and near the old Chanaellorville battle ground, when Lee was forced out of his works and offered battle which was at once accepted. The fight became fierce and lasted until dark, the enemy being forced back some distance, with great loss, leaving most of his killed and wounded in our hands, The two armies lay on their arms ail night Wed nesday, and at daylight on Thursday the battle opened again, and raged with the greatest fury on both sides until dark, when it was found that the enemy had been forced back in the two days' fight about two miles and a half, leaving heaps of dying, killed and wounded on the field to be buried and taken care of by our troops. We have heard various estimates made of the number slaughtered, but at this moment it Is useless to speculate un the subject. Every one knows that It must have been terrible and will speak to the senses when the facts are known. Oa Friday morning at five o'clock the forces .were marching for another eonfliot, General Grant moving on Lee's works. Up to this time Gen. Barnside's corps, numbering thirty thotu3and men, had taken no part in the battles, but at half-past five were marching into position to engage in the bloody con test of the third day's battle. Of the result of this day's fight we have no repor up to the moment of going to press. The battle commenced at six o'clock in the morning. Unless Lee received reinforcements equal to Burnside's Corps, the battle of Friday must have proved terri bly disastrous to him. From Arkansas We learn by way of Memphis, that on the 25th nit, artraiu returning to Pine Blutl was captured by the enemy. It consisted of 240 wagons, together with the escort, under the command of Col. Drake, com prising the 26th lowa, 77th Ottio, and the 431 Indi ana, with four pieces of artillery. lien. Steele left Camden for Little Rook on the 28th, being out of supplies. On the 80th he crossed Saline liver. Before crossing he was attacked by the rebels under Fagan - During the evening a portion of the rebel cavalry crossed the river above that place and proceeded within eight miles of Little Rock, causing much alarm. The enemy harassed Steele during the whole march in retreat, but he was able to keep them from doing him any material injury. Hs found it necessary to destroy his trains and barn the bridges behind him as he passed. On the /at of May hie main force was within 40 miles of Little Rook, and his cavalry had reached that place. Officers recently arrived from Little Rook report that that place and Pine Bluff are safe, the latter being strengthened by 300 men under Gen. Andrew. In the attack, while crossing the Saline river Major Atkinson and Lieut. Henry, of the sth Indi ana regiment, were killed. The loss was heavy on both sides. WASHINOTON, May 9-I . A. M A dispatch from Secretary Stanton, to Governor Brough, of Ohio, dated at 12 o'clock to-night, states that up to that time nothing offiolal had been re ceived from Gen. Grant; that the Government had no later information than at the time of the Soore tary's letter to Gen. Dix; that Thursday and Friday had been vary hard fighting, and Friday particu— larly was the bloodiest of the war; and that as yet aims was notirang dem:este known. A report prevails here that the Confederate Gen eral Ewell has been captured, and General Plokett wounded. General Gregg has been wounded severely, and his death is reported, Naw Yonz, May 8. The Tribuna's vestal says news has been received by the Government that General Sherman is fight ing his way through Tunnel Hill successfully and pressing upon Dalton. The enemy is falling beak, leaving his dead and wounded in our hands. A FREE PRESS IN MARYLAND. The reign of tyranny and oppression in Maryland is further developed by the following : [From the Eit, Mary's (Md.) Gasettel Our readers, being the immediate constituents of Mr. Harris, will doubtless expect to read his speech in this issue of our paper; but the annexed com munication, we presume, will satisfactorily account for our failure to publish it : HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY DETACHMENT, DISTRICT or IST. MARY'S, LEONARDTOWN; MD" April 12, 1864. 8414: The commanding officer of this detachment desires that you will not publish or make any allu sion in the St. Mary's Gazette to the treasonable and disgraceful speech of the member of Congress from this district, delivered in the Rouse of Representa tives on the 9th instant. 1 am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient ser vant, F. VV. DICISISON, First Lieut. Fifth Cavalry, Acting Adjutant. To the Publisher and Proprietor of the St. Mary's Gazette, Leonardtown, Md. Surely if Mr. lisasia's speech was as here repre sented, it would do him and the cause he advooated more harm to publish than suppress it. THE NUMBER or REBEL Patsozzas.—The report of the Commissary General of Prison ers,: accompanying the Secretary of War's report, has just been published. It shows that the number of rebel officers and men captured by us since the beginning of the war is :—One lieutenant general, five major goner - twenty•five brigadier generals, 186 oolon els, 146 lieutenant colonels, 244 majors, 2,497 captains, 5,811 lieutenants, 16,563; non-com— missioned officers, 121,156 privates and 5,800 citizens. Of these, we had on hand at the date of the report 28,229 officers and men, among whom were one major general and seven brigadiers. There had been 121,937 rebels exchanged against 110,866 Union men re— turned. The exchanges of officers on both sides are computed at their exchangeable value in privates. Since the date of the above report there have been less than one thousand exchanges, and very few captures on either side. The figures are, consequently, approxi— mately correct. No statement has been. furnished to our government of the number of prisoners held by the rebels. A NEGRO &temp.—Tao Abolitionists of Wayne township, Soskuslio county, Indiana, in which the town of Warsaw is situated, elected a negro barber Supervisor, on Monday last, says the Fort Wayne Time*, and we ask, why should they not 1 The Administration has commenced making commissioned officers in the United States army of the same dusky individuals. Are the white men of Warsaw, who while working the roads will have to obey their negro supervisors, any better than the white soldiers who will have to salute' old Abe's dark skinned minions as their superiors in rank. CAIRO, May 6
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